Mutation burden and I index for Detection of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer by targeted next-generation sequencing

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels are widely used for defining tumor mutation profiles and determining treatment approaches. We performed targeted NGS with 382 genes in colorectal cancer with known microsatellite instability (MSI) status. After exclusion of germline alterations, load of somatic mutations and small insertion/deletion (indel) alterations were determined. In the test set, 79 patients with 41 microsatellite-stable (MSS) and 38 MSI tumors were included. There were 120 MSS and eight MSI-high tumors in the validation set.

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - October 30, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Jeong Eun Kim, Sung-Min Chun, Yong Sang Hong, Kyu-pyo Kim, Sun Young Kim, Jihun Kim, Chang-Ohk Sung, Eun Jeong Cho, Tae Won Kim, Se Jin Jang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research